Even though Vlad never actually exercises, you have always assumed that he is an athlete because he hangs around at the gym (like other athletes), drinks bottled water nonstop, and wears sweat suits everywhere. Your (false) assumption that Vlad is an athlete is most clearly an example of the ____
a. availability heuristic
b. actor-observer bias
c. representativeness heuristic
d. anchoring and adjustment heuristic
C
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Why are correlational research designs often used in abnormal psychology?
A. They are best at determining cause and effect. B. They are the most useful for comparing groups. C. They give in-depth descriptions of the disorder being studied. D. It is often unethical or impossible to directly manipulate the variables involved in abnormal psychology.
Suppose that an elderly friend who has been having trouble hearing learns that she has something called "conduction deafness." What should you tell her about this problem?
a. It is the most serious form of hearing impairment. b. It may result from malfunctioning bones in the middle ear. c. It refers to a defect in the neural mechanisms. d. It can only be cured by regeneration of cochlear hair cells.
According to the article Blowing in the Wind about stress reactions following natural disasters, participants in the central study were:
(a) college students (b) school children (c) residents of four cities (d) there were no participants, the data came from the federal disaster relief agency
Fat cells produce:
a. CCK. b. insulin. c. neuropeptide Y. d. leptin.